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Posts tagged with 'mcsweeney's' at MetaFilter.Wed, 12 Nov 2014 15:20:21 -0800Wed, 12 Nov 2014 15:20:21 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60below the belt (with Susan Schorn)http://www.metafilter.com/144432/below%2Dthe%2Dbelt%2Dwith%2DSusan%2DSchorn
Susan Schorn - <a href="http://jezebel.com/how-to-kick-a-guy-in-the-balls-an-illustrated-guide-1657810297">How to Kick a Guy in the Balls: An Illustrated Guide</a> <blockquote>All of this — the element of surprise, the psychological impact, the pain — make the groin a truly magnificent target in self defense situations. And yet we're all, men and women alike, conditioned by society to bypass the groin as a target, to pretend it isn't there, just as we're taught to pretend that rude bodily noises are never audible at important social functions. This makes me sad. Kicking a guy in the balls, while not guaranteed to incapacitate him (nothing's guaranteed in life), is definitely one of your better options in a serious physical assault — and I say that not only as a self defense instructor, but also as a certified Emergency Medical Technician. In terms of trauma, you get a lot of bang for your buck when you attack the groin.
So let's demystify this forbidden technique. Here's how (and why) you should kick a guy in the balls... I've illustrated this guide to kicking a guy in the balls with instructive video clips compiled from MMA fights.</blockquote>
<small>*possible thread soundtrack: MeFi Music fave "<a href="http://music.metafilter.com/2380/Punch-Em-In-The-Dick-NSFW-lyrics">Punch 'Em in the Dick</a>" (NSFW) - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WUcKgOav0c">YouTube video</a>
*Jezebel comment thread on the original post: "Came for the illustrated guide to kicking a guy in the balls, stayed for the <a href="http://jezebel.com/misandry-time-post-your-fave-misandry-gifs-here-1657893825">misandry gifs</a>."</small>
Susan Schorn's ongoing column for McSweeney's Internet Tendency -
<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/columns/bitchslap-a-column-about-women-and-fighting">Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting</a> (index of all columns)
some Bitchslap highlights:
*<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/column-1-the-rules">The Rules</a> (rules "for the woman who gets a black eye during karate class")
*<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/column-2-dressing-up-looking-down">Dressing Up, Looking Down</a> (on high heels)
*<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/column-10-pain-is-womanly-and-other-bullshit-myths-of-childbirth">Pain is Womanly, and Other Bullshit Myths of Childbirth</a> (on natural childbirth)
*<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/column-20-sticks-and-stones">Sticks and Stones</a> (on harassment &amp; HollaBack)
*<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/column-26-below-the-belt">Below the Belt</a> (on Jesse Bering’s Slate essay re: evolution and rape)
*<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/column-32-fuck-the-dude-up">Fuck the Dude Up</a> ("So I’m backing off a bit, these days, from the ethic of least harm.")
*<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/column-43-its-the-little-things">It's the Little Things</a> ("One telltale marker of microaggression is that it disrupts empathy.")
*<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/column-54-control-freaks">Control Freaks</a> ("Having previously been taken to task for advising people to use violent force, I’m amused to now find myself being heckled for suggesting that anyone, especially a law enforcement officer, should use anything less than lethal force.")
Her latest piece "<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/column-55-cage-match-victorian-novelist-edition">addresses the important question of how to choose the best 19th-century writer for your side in a gang war</a>":
"Of course, studying Austen and Bront&#0235;’s combat skills is only one of many reasons to read their work, but I wish more people would view their novels through the lens of conflict. They model two distinct styles of fighting, and I think women especially need to see more potential ways we can fight. No matter how constrained we are by the gender expectations of our day, we can still find ways to protect ourselves and make our own decisions. And that’s the real key to living happily ever after."
<a href="http://www.susanschorn.com/">Susan Schorn</a> holds a Ph.D in Victorian Literature, a first-degree black belt in Kyokushin karate, a second-degree black belt in Seido karate, and national certification as an Emergency Medical Technician. She is also the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B008LQ1QOY/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">Smile at Strangers: And Other Lessons in the Art of Living Fearlessly</a> <small>(Amazon link)</small> (a <a href="http://literarytreats.wordpress.com/2013/07/29/review-smile-at-strangers-susan-schorn/">review</a> of the book). tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.144432Wed, 12 Nov 2014 15:20:21 -0800flexThe Internet Is Eating Itselfhttp://www.metafilter.com/118056/The%2DInternet%2DIs%2DEating%2DItself
When McSweeney's posted "<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/suggested-buzzfeed-articles">Suggested Buzzfeed Articles</a>," Buzzfeed replied, "Challenge Accepted." Behold: <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/84-things-that-arent-on-an-everything-bagel">84 Things That Aren't On An Everything Bagel</a>. And <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/12-cats-that-just-want-to-be-left-alone">many</a>, <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/bfeld/50-photos-of-bill-clintons-forehead">many</a> <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/suggestedbuzzfeedarticles/29-reasons-to-hate-your-life">more</a>. Jack Shafer has a <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/06/_21_pictures_that_will_restore_your_faith_in_humanity_how_buzzfeed_makes_viral_hits_in_four_easy_steps_.single.html">interesting aticle at Slate on how buzzfeed does their lists</a> and whether they're scuzzy or not. And here's a <a href="http://storify.com/cbccommunity/buzzfeed-takes-mcsweeny-s-list-suggestions-literal">Storify rundown</a> of the Twitter back-and-forth over the McSweeny's list. tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.118056Thu, 19 Jul 2012 06:55:05 -0800DiablevertIt's Decorative Gourd Seasonhttp://www.metafilter.com/108598/Its%2DDecorative%2DGourd%2DSeason
<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its-decorative-gourd-season-motherfuckers">Because it's Fall, f*ckfaces.</a> Realizing that McSweeney's is disfavored on MeFi, and that many will have seen this before, I offer this nonetheless. Because it's that time of the year, and goddamit, it's funny. tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.108598Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:11:03 -0800mikeand1The Book That Tried To Kill Mehttp://www.metafilter.com/101213/The%2DBook%2DThat%2DTried%2DTo%2DKill%2DMe
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/books/review/Kois-t.html?_r=1&amp;pagewanted=all">Why Do Writers Abandon Novels?</a> <em>“A book itself threatens to kill its author repeatedly during its composition,” Michael Chabon writes in the margins of his unfinished novel “Fountain City” — a novel, he adds, that he could feel “erasing me, breaking me down, burying me alive, drowning me, kicking me down the stairs.” And so Chabon fought back: he killed “Fountain City” in 1992.</em>
Inspired by Chabon's recent publication in <a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/">McSweeney's</a> of the first four chapters of the long ago abandoned Fortune City ("complete with annotations that in turn bemoan and belittle the book"), NY Times' <a href="http://www.dankois.com/about.html">Dan Kois</a> weighs in on the phenomenon of the novel that had to be killed before something horrible happened to the author responsible. tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.101213Sat, 05 Mar 2011 09:50:29 -0800philip-randomBalls Outhttp://www.metafilter.com/100215/Balls%2DOut
"<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/ballsout/">Casey Plett</a> is a twenty-something dude who has dressed in women's clothes with gently increasing frequency over the last six years. He is taking estrogen and testosterone-suppressers, and will probably transition to being a woman in the next year or so. Barring unforeseen circumstances, we're going to put about a 90% probability on this one. Casey's genitalia is not the focus of Balls Out, but it does perennially show up uninvited and eat all the Nutella." tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.100215Fri, 04 Feb 2011 01:17:12 -0800jnapsA short imagined monologue from Comic Sanshttp://www.metafilter.com/92852/A%2Dshort%2Dimagined%2Dmonologue%2Dfrom%2DComic%2DSans
<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/monologues/15comicsans.html">I'M COMIC SANS, ASSHOLE</a> tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.92852Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:13:37 -0800The Devil TeslaChick was fucking messed up, dudes. But she could scan like shit.http://www.metafilter.com/84860/Chick%2Dwas%2Dfucking%2Dmessed%2Dup%2Ddudes%2DBut%2Dshe%2Dcould%2Dscan%2Dlike%2Dshit
<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2008/9/29yoder.html">Dudes! Did you see the library they've got here?</a> Dude, they've got the latest computerized catalog system—just roll right up to a terminal, type in your search terms, and it gives you a list of titles and call numbers, plus a little map to show you where they all are. Fucking Dewey decimal, man. It's tight. (SLMcSweeney's) tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.84860Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:55:26 -0800l33tpolicywonkMcSweeney's help for spam authorshttp://www.metafilter.com/78280/McSweeneys%2Dhelp%2Dfor%2Dspam%2Dauthors
<a href="http://mcsweeneys.net/2008/12/30roeder.html">THE ELEMENTS OF SPAM</a> (single link McSweeney's post) tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.78280Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:07:28 -0800bystanderDeath By Chocolatehttp://www.metafilter.com/74260/Death%2DBy%2DChocolate
<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2008/8/15burns.html">Selections</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft">H.P. Lovecraft's</a> brief tenure as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitman%27s">Whitman's Sampler</a> copywriter. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.74260Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:22:09 -0800fearfulsymmetryDear Metafilter,--Wait, you'll definitely respond.http://www.metafilter.com/66295/Dear%2DMetafilterWait%2Dyoull%2Ddefinitely%2Drespond
<a href="http://mcsweeneys.net/links/openletters/">Open Letters to People or Entities Who Are Unlikely to Respond.</a> start anywhere. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.66295Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:18:22 -0800milestogoMcSweeney's Needs Your Helphttp://www.metafilter.com/62083/McSweeneys%2DNeeds%2DYour%2DHelp
<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2007/6/12agoodtime.html">McSweeney's is holding a big sale and auction to make up for $130,000 lost in a distributor bankruptcy.</a> <em>Soon we'll be adding one-of-a-kind pieces from Michael Chabon, Sarah Vowell, and Marcel Dzama—and every single thing we've got is on sale, cheap.</em> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.62083Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:04:53 -0800KokuRyuRising Up and Rising Downhttp://www.metafilter.com/31747/Rising%2DUp%2Dand%2DRising%2DDown
<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/vollmannhistory/index.html">When is violence justified?</a> I am now the proud owner of one of 3,500 copies of <a href="http://mysite.verizon.net/res1x5xs/vollmann1.htm">William T. Vollmann's</a> 3,299-page study of violence, <a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/vollmann/press.html"><em>Rising Up and Rising Down</em></a>, published by <a href="http://store.mcsweeneys.net">McSweeney's</a>. The book (if you can call something that's seven volumes a "book") has gotten mixed reviews that lean toward positive: Scott McLemee, writing in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/07/books/review/07MCLEMET.html">New York Times Book Review</a> (reg. req.), called it a "flood of <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2000/03/08.html">logorrhea</a>," while Steven Moore (a literary critic notable for his work on another long-winded writer, <a href="http://www.williamgaddis.org/recognitions/trguide.shtml">William Gaddis</a>) wrote in the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A11739-2003Dec18">Washington Post </a>that it is an "achievement beyond the realm of mere mortals," comparing it to Sir James Frazer's <a href="http://www.bartleby.com/196/"><em>The Golden Bough</em></a>.
This <a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/vollmann/press.html">oral history </a>tells the story behind how the book came to be published at McSweeney's, and is an interesting look at what needs to happen for a difficult-to-market work to make its way from its author to the general reading public, in a publishing industry that's unfriendly to this kind of thing, to say the least. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.31747Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:31:36 -0800Prosperoa log flume through your lower intestine?http://www.metafilter.com/23736/a%2Dlog%2Dflume%2Dthrough%2Dyour%2Dlower%2Dintestine
<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2003/01/29carvell.html">Lost Disney Memo Found.</a> McSweeney's posts a posthumously uncovered memo from the Disney board to Walt regarding his initial plans for a radically different "Disney-Land." tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.23736Thu, 20 Feb 2003 13:40:57 -0800jonsonOn the implausibility of the Death Star's Trash Compactor.http://www.metafilter.com/13708/On%2Dthe%2Dimplausibility%2Dof%2Dthe%2DDeath%2DStars%2DTrash%2DCompactor
<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/">On the implausibility of the Death Star's Trash Compactor.</a> [From McSweeney's] tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.13708Thu, 10 Jan 2002 12:11:30 -0800adrober